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Spaces of Opportunity

South Phoenix Community Farm & Garden

Desert Botanical Garden in partnership with Roosevelt Elementary School District and Cultivate South Phoenix are developing a community farm and garden in south Phoenix that will transform an 18-acre piece of land from a food desert to a food oasis. Spaces of Opportunity’s mission is to enable all families in south Phoenix to have affordable access to healthy food, active living and healthy roots of their cultures.

With 18-acres of land leased from the Roosevelt Elementary School District, Spaces is engineering a comprehensive, neighborhood-level food system where gardeners, farmers and farm workers are celebrated as artisans. Together with our partners, we are transforming a food desert to food oasis through the coordination of a 10-acre incubator farm, family gardens and the development of an on-site farmer’s market.

Areas of Work

Our Harvest/Nuestra Cosecha

Spaces is proud to offer weekly fresh food baskets of seasonal produce grown naturally with no chemicals, by community farmers. Our Harvest/Nuestra Cosecha is a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. When you sign up, you're purchasing a “share” of fresh, healthy food from South Phoenix farmers. Each weekly share consists of fresh vegetables and/or fruit, with other local products occasionally included.

Cost is $25 a week for a season that runs from the first week of November to the end of June. A weekly share will typically include lettuce and at least one variety of seasonal greens, two to three vegetables, herbs and fruit when possible.

A share includes 9 to 10 items intended to feed 2 to 4 people weekly. Shares must be picked up on Saturdays from 9-11 a.m. at the Farmer’s Market at Spaces located at West Vineyard Road and 15th Avenue.